Loeb & Loeb LLP received high praise in the 2009 edition of Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers, including three top tier firm rankings and six top tier individual rankings. The firm made advances in many fields from last year’s rankings and saw a 23% increase in attorneys individually ranked by the publication.

Highlights from the rankings include:

• Band 1
  • Media & Entertainment: Theater, Film, Television & Music (New York)
  • Media & Entertainment: Transactional (California)
  • Media & Entertainment (Tennessee)
• Band 2
  • Media & Entertainment: Entertainment Litigation (New York)
  • Media & Entertainment: Transactional: Mainly Talent (California)
  • Tax (California)
  • Media & Entertainment: Advertising (New York)
• Band 4
  • Labor & Employment (California)

A number of Loeb & Loeb attorneys were also recognized as leaders in their fields, including: Kenneth Adler (Outsourcing/Technology & IT Outsourcing), Kenneth B. Anderson (Media & Entertainment: Music), Roger M. Arar (Media & Entertainment: Film & Television), Ivy Kagan Bierman (Labor & Employment), Leah M. Bishop (Tax: Estate Planning), Marc Chamlin (Media & Entertainment: Film & Television), Scott Edel (Media & Entertainment: Transactional), Craig A. Emanuel (Media & Entertainment: Transactional), Kenneth R. Florin (Media & Entertainment: Advertising), John T. Frankenheimer (Media & Entertainment: Transactional), Seth D. Gelblum (Media & Entertainment: Theater), Kenneth L. Kraus (Media & Entertainment), Jeremy Margolis (Litigation: White Collar Crime & Gov’t Investigations), Michael A. Mayerson (Media & Entertainment: Transactional), Michael L. Molinaro (Bankruptcy/Restructuring), Stephen L. Saltzman (Media & Entertainment: Transactional), Raymond Sanseverino (Real Estate), Barry I. Slotnick (Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contract Disputes), Robert L. Sullivan (Media & Entertainment), James D. Taylor (Media & Entertainment: Advertising), Stuart P. Tobisman (Tax: Estate Planning), Jonathan Zavin (Media & Entertainment: Copyright & Contract Disputes).

Chambers USA Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers lists the top lawyers in 175 countries in over 20 areas of commercial law, providing independent rankings and editorial commentary. Recognized for the quality of 100 experienced researchers, Chambers is dedicated to investigating the legal profession in all the main areas of practice. By talking to clients and discovering which law firms they use and how they rate them for their legal ability and client service, Chambers is able to identify the world's top lawyers.

About Loeb & Loeb LLP: Loeb & Loeb LLP is a multi-service national law firm with more than 300 attorneys focusing on select practice areas, rather than endeavoring to be all things to all clients. Celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009, the firm is recognized as a leading law firm in the areas of advanced media, finance, bankruptcy, restructuring and creditors' rights, entertainment, litigation, intellectual property, real estate, mergers and acquisitions, technology, advertising and promotions and tax and wealth services. Loeb & Loeb has four domestic offices in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Nashville, and the firm has applied to open a representative office in Beijing to serve a rapidly growing number of Asian clients.

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